Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger visits Elon Musk’s Memphis data center, touts Xeon deployment — praises xAI team for building it “in such a short amount of time”

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger visits the Colossus AI Supercomputer and praises the xAI team for their quick work. Source

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New U.S. restrictions will hit Chinese chipmaking tool companies — sanctions aim to slow development of domestic chipmaking tools to replace ASML, others

The new U.S. sanctions against China are meant to hit developers of chipmaking gear rather than chipmakers itself. Source

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Chinese companies poach staff from ASML and Zeiss with three times higher pay — employees needed to design and build chipmaking tools amid sanctions

Chinese companies aggressively recruiting personnel from ASML and Zeiss to build their own wafer fabbing equipment. Source

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Intel's CHIPS Act funding restricts the sale of foundry buisness — company has to maintain majority share if it spins off manufacturing unit

Intel must maintain control of Intel Foundry even in case it decides to spin it off into a separate private or public company. Source

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